“Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” emerged the big winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards, bagging nine accolades including Best Director and Best Picture.
The film, directed by Soi Cheang, won most of its trophies in the technical category, including Best Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume & Make-Up, Sound Design, Visual Effects and Action Choreography.
This is Soi’s back-to-back Best Director win, after last year’s “Mad Fate”.
Meanwhile, “The Last Dance”, which was award festivals’ favourite last year, won five accolades which are Best Screenplay, Best Actress for Michelle Wai, Best Supporting Actor for Chu Pak Hong, Best Original Film Score and Best Original Film Song.
Michael Hui, who was a favourite to win Best Actor, however, lost to Sean Lau, who won for “Papa”.
The winners are as follows:
Best Film: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Best Director: Soi Cheang – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Best Actor: Sean Lau – Papa
Best Actress: Michelle Wai – The Last Dance
Best Supporting Actor: Chu Pak Hong – The Last Dance
Best Supporting Actress: Jo Koo – Papa
Best New Director: Robin Lee – Four Trails
Best New Performer: Dylan So – Papa
Best Screenplay: The Last Dance – Anselm Chan, Cheng Wai-kei
Best Film Editing: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Cheung Ka-fai
Best Cinematography: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Cheng Siu-keung
Best Art Direction: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Mak Kwok Keung, Ambrose Chau
Best Original Film Score: The Last Dance – Chu Wan Pin
Best Original Film Song: “The Last Dance” from The Last Dance (Composer/Lyricist/Vocal Artist: Terence Lam)
Best Costume & Makeup Design: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Bruce Yu, Karen Yip
Best Sound Design: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Yiu Chun-hin, Cheung Man-hoi, To Burnard Davy
Best Visual Effects: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Lin Chun Yue Jules, Ma Siu Fu, Garrett K Lam, Yee Kwok Leung
Best Action Choreography: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In – Kenji Tanigaki
Lifetime Achievement: Shi Nansun and Tsui Hark
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